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Abdul Causes Security Breach at Airport
(AP)
 AP - Paula Abdul was allowed to board a plane at the Las Vegas airport without passing through a security checkpoint, prompting all passengers and luggage to be screened when they landed in California, officials said Friday.
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Woman Sues Scott Stapp Over Sex Tape
(AP)
AP - A woman who claims to be involved in a video showing Scott Stapp and Kid Rock with several strippers has sued Stapp for invasion of privacy.
Author Mailer Receives Legion of Honor
(AP)
AP - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer received France's most prestigious award, the Legion of Honor, at a Friday evening ceremony.
Oscar Honchos Promise Little Politics
(AP)
 AP - In the last official briefing before the big show, Oscar producer Gil Cates, director Lou Horvitz and Academy president Sid Ganis promised no political uproar — and no rain — at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
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Stars to Arrive at Oscars in Green Cars
(AP)
 AP - Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and Frances McDormand are among those expected to step out of green vehicles and onto the red carpet at the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday.
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Can Jessica Alba Save the Oscars?
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Don't feel bad if you don't feel locked in yet with the Oscars.
Up until a few days ago, neither did the host.
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Woman Sues Scott Stapp Over Sex Tape
(AP)
AP - A woman who claims to be involved in a video showing Scott Stapp and Kid Rock with several strippers has sued Stapp for invasion of privacy.
"Charmed" Spell Is Broken
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Charmed will not be bewitching the new CW network next season.
The WB confirmed Friday that the show has been canceled, with its final
episode scheduled to air May 21.
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Pixar raises Catmull's salary to $1 million
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The board of directors of Pixar
Animation Studios Inc has approved a salary increase for
President Ed Catmull to $1 million from $567,882, effective
January 1, according to a securities filing made on Friday.
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Travolta cast as mother in musical "Hairspray"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - He was the teenage prince of disco
in "Saturday Night Fever," the dreamy leader of a high school
gang in "Grease" and a mob hit man in "Pulp Fiction." Now John
Travolta will be playing a mom.
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Can Jessica Alba Save the Oscars?
(E! Online)
E! Online - Don't feel bad if you don't feel locked in yet with the Oscars.
Up until a few days ago, neither did the host.
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Oscar Honchos Promise Little Politics
(AP)
AP - In the last official briefing before the big show, Oscar producer Gil Cates, director Lou Horvitz and Academy president Sid Ganis promised no political uproar — and no rain — at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
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Stars to Arrive at Oscars in Green Cars
(AP)
AP - Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and Frances McDormand are among those expected to step out of green vehicles and onto the red carpet at the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday.
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Will Small Films Draw Big Oscars Audience?
(AP)
 AP - Teresa Lady, a secretary in Indianapolis, has seen only one of this year's five best-picture Academy Award nominees — "Brokeback Mountain." Luckily, she has other reasons for tuning in to Sunday night's Oscarcast.
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Travolta cast as mother in musical "Hairspray"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - He was the teenage prince of disco
in "Saturday Night Fever," the dreamy leader of a high school
gang in "Grease" and a mob hit man in "Pulp Fiction." Now John
Travolta will be playing a mom.
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Petition Seeks to Revoke Film's Nomination
(AP)
 AP - A petition claiming that the movie "Paradise Now" glorifies Palestinian suicide bombers and asking for its removal from Oscar consideration was delivered Friday to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences — two days before the Academy Awards.
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Bollywood AIDS Story Gets Help From Church
(AP)
AP - At first glance, the movie seems like just another Bollywood film: It has the disco-beat songs, the hip-swiveling dance number and the hero and heroine cavorting in the rain in drenched revealing clothes.
Madonna, Bowie Get in 'Toon
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Madonna
and David Bowie are morphing themselves once more, this time into French
cartoons.
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Blog: A Look Back at 2005 Predictions
(AP)
 AP - AP writers are covering the scene as Hollywood gets ready for its big night on March 5. They'll be filing periodic reports on the goings-on as the perfect outfits are selected, the red carpet is readied and the gold statuettes are polished for the annual awards show.
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'Brokeback' Director Bridges East, West
(AP)
AP - His compatriots call Ang Lee "the treasure of Taiwan" for his success in bridging cultural barriers and becoming one of the few Asian film directors to make it big in Hollywood.
Woman Sues Scott Stapp Over Sex Tape
(AP)
AP - A woman who claims to be involved in a video showing Scott Stapp and Kid Rock with several strippers has sued Stapp for invasion of privacy.
More Sex Tape Red Tape for Stapp
(E! Online)
 E! Online - If nothing else, Scott Stapp and Kid Rock's joint release is
generating lots of billable hours for attorneys.
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Arrest of Rapper Exposes Feud
(AP)
AP - A double slaying last May that led to the arrest of a rap figure in California stemmed from a feud between Midwest and West Coast music industry groups, authorities said Friday.
Abdul Causes Security Breach at Airport
(AP)
AP - Paula Abdul was allowed to board a plane at the Las Vegas airport without passing through a security checkpoint, prompting all passengers and luggage to be screened when they landed in California, officials said Friday.
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Cover Him: Springsteen Channels Seeger
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Paying tribute to one of his musical heroes, Bruce
Springsteen has announced plans to release We Shall Overcome: The
Seeger Sessions, a collection of Pete Seeger covers, on Apr. 25.
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The real Pink: sweet, vulgar, hard, vulnerable
(Reuters)
Reuters - Alecia Moore's father is a Vietnam
veteran and a staunch Republican. She is a devout Democrat.
Jackson 5 Drummer Slain
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Johnny Jackson, the man who kept the beat for the Jackson 5, and
cousin to Michael, Janet, Tito et al., was found stabbed to death in his
Gary, Indiana, home Wednesday.
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Ailing jazz veteran Hill records new album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jazz veteran Andrew Hill is not
letting lung cancer slow him down.
Mexican duo rocking the Irish charts
(Reuters)
Reuters - Acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela
is an unlikely chart-topper in Ireland.
Duran Duran duo tipping hat to musical influences
(Reuters)
Reuters - A quarter century after first crashing
sales charts worldwide, Duran Duran's two founders are
releasing a compilation that pays homage to the band's
influences.
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